Workers demand dismissal

TANGERANG: Some 250 workers of PT Sandang Indo Pratama staged a protest rally at the Municipal Manpower Agency's offices on Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan I on Tuesday, demanding the dismissal of the company's production supervisor.

"The supervisor, Zakaria, has frequently harassed workers with his insulting words. I was once ordered to give him sexual favors at work," said a female worker.

The workers began their rally at 10 a.m., and carried banners, one of which read "Fire Zakaria now, all the workers hate him".

The workers had earlier protested at the company's garment factory in Bambu village, Legok district, Tangerang, but were disappointed as the company's director, Darmawan, took the side of the supervisor.

Gatot Subagyo, a labor activists, said that Zakaria had allegedly hired local thugs in break up an earlier rally staged by the workers. -- JP